A United Nations body has tagged the Philippines as the “most ready” among the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (Asean) 10-member states to implement a massive infrastructure build-up, a Finance department official said.

The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (Unescap) made the statement during a recent workshop on infrastructure financing strategies, Finance Undersecretary Gil Beltran said.

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